Shell Lake

Shell Lake is a reservoir in Cherokee, Georgia. Shell Lake is situated nearby to the suburb Birmingham, as well as near the neighborhood The Grove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hopewell and Buffington.

Hopewell

Hamlet

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Hopewell is a hamlet.

Buffington is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. It began as the location of Fort Buffington, one of the Cherokee Removal Forts used as collection points for the Cherokee before the beginning of the Trail of Tears in 1838. Buffington is situated 6 miles northwest of Shell Lake.

Shell Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Cherokee, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.19201° or 34° 11′ 31″ north

Longitude

-84.33738° or 84° 20′ 15″ west

Elevation

1,004 feet (306 metres)

Open location code

866Q5MR7+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31124429

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

4222328

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